Combined boiler-support and cinder-chute.



B. JACOBY & C. S. JOHNSON.

COMBINED BOILER SUPPORT AND CINDER CHUTE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 29. I913.

Patented Nov. 9, 1915.

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BENJAMIN JAOOBY AND CHARLES SLiJOI-INSON, OF'IVIARION, OHIO, ASSIGNORS TO THE MARION STEAM SI-IOVEL GOMIPANY, OF MARION, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO.

COMBINED BOILER-SUPPORT AND OINDER-CI-IUTE.

Application filed. May 29, 1913.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, BENJAMIN JAooBY and CHARLES S. JorrNsoN, citizens of the United States, residing at Marion, 1n the county of Marion and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combined Boiler-Supports and Cinder-Chutes, of which the following 1s a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to a combined boiler supportand cinder chute and is designed particularly for use with excavating m a chinery, although its use 1s not confined to such machines.

The object of the invention is to combine with a boiler support a cinder chute for withdrawing the cinders from the stack end of the boiler and thus provide a very compact and economical device for performing these two functions.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a sectional view of one end of a boiler showing the same mounted upon the platform of an excavating machine; and Fig. 2 is a view of the boiler support, showing the same partly in section and partly in elevation.

In these drawings We have shown one embodiment of the invention and have illus trated the same as applied to a boiler 1 having at that end adjacent the stack 2 the usual compartment 3, which is in open communication with the stack and is commonly This end of the known as the smoke box. boiler is supported upon a frame 4 by means of a suitable supporting device 5, the upper end of which is curved to conform to the shape of the boiler and is rigidly secured thereto. This supporting device may be a casting or may be made in any suitable manner. Formed within this support 5 and preferably at one side thereof is a vertical opening 6 forming a chute and communieating at its upper end with a corresponding opening 7 in the bottom of the compartment 3 of the boiler and at its lower end with an opening 8 in the supporting frame. The

Specification of Letters Patent.

. Patented Nov. 9, 1915. Serial No. 770,667.

opening 8 may be formed in any manner suitable to the supporting floor or frame of the particular machine to which the device is applied. As here shown the frame is formed of channel irons and these are spaced apart in the usual manner, the space between two of them being utilized as the discharge opening 8. A cutoff, such as a slide 9, is provided to normally close the chute 6 so as to not interfere with the draft through the stack and lines of the boiler. In this manner it will be apparent that we have provided means whereby an ash chute is provided in combination with a boiler support and we are enabled to locate the chute at the most desirable point in the boiler without interfering with the supporting device. Further, we are enabled to thus do away with additional parts extending between the boiler and the platform, simplify the mechanism, reduce the weight of the parts and provide a yery economical construction.

While we have shown one embodiment of our invention we wish it to be understood that this has been chosen for the purpose of illustration only, and that we do not desire to be limited to the details of construcion shown and described, for obvious modifications will occur to a person skilled in the art.

Having thus fully described our invention, what we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination, with a boiler having a chamber communicating with a smoke stack, and a supporting frame having an opening beneath said boiler, of a supporting member interposed between said boiler and said frame to support said boiler and having a gravity chute formed therein, said chute communicating at its upper end with the chamber in said boiler and at its lower end with the opening in said frame.

2. The combination, with a boiler having a chamber communicating with a smoke stack, and a supporting frame having an opening beneath said boiler, of a supporting member interposed between said boiler and said frame to support said boiler and having a gravity chute formed therein, said In testimony whereof, We aflix our signachute communicating at its upper end with tures in presence of two Witnesses.

the chamber in said boiler and at its lower BENJAlVIIN J ACOBY. end With the opening in said frame, and a CHARLES S. JOHNSON. cut-ofl' slidably mounted in said supporting Witnesses:

member to control the passage of cinders D. L. CULP,

through said chute. A. W. GRACELY.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, I). C. 

